Re: [GENERAL] Precision of calculated numeric fields

[Tom Lane]

Travis Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is this the mod field of the Field class in JDBC2?

Sounds right, but I haven't looked at the JDBC code.

> Does -1 alway mean, for
> numeric types, that the precision is undefined?

Right.  In general, -1 is the default typmod if Postgres doesn't have
any better idea what to put in.  So type-specific code always has to
be prepared to do something reasonable with that typmod value ...

                        regards, tom lane